Event #44: $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship Day 1 | 2018 World Series of Poker

06-21-2018 21:39 UTC-8

Salem Triples Twice to Stay Alive

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

Lee Salem was down to just 900 chips before getting it in against Brant Hale. Salem made a wheel to beat Hale's eighty-six and tripled to 2,700.

The very next hand, Nam Le opened and Salem put his stack in middle once more. Danny Noam tagged along as well. Salem took three, as did Noam, and Le few just one. Noam check-folded to a bet.

Salem drew three again and Le drew one. On the final draw, Salem drew two and Le swapped one again.

Salem opened a but survived when Le tabled an for a worse pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nam Le	81,000 4,000	4,000
Danny Noam	18,400 11,600	11,600
Lee Salem	8,100 7,200	7,200

Tags: Danny Noam Lee Salem Nam Le

06-21-2018 21:35 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Ronald Minnis	Busted
Greg Mueller	Busted

Jon Turner	Busted

Brandon Shack-Harris	Busted

Hale Leaves Salem Short

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Tim Duckworth

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

Lee Salem raised to 4,000 from under the gun before Brant Hale made it three bets from the big blind.

Salem called and drew two as Hale drew one and bet out 2,000. Salem called and drew two again, while Hale drew one and bet 4,000.

Salem called, and then both players drew one.

Hale bet 4,000, and Salem called. Hale fanned his , and Salem mucked, and was left with 900 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brant Hale	125,000 20,000	20,000
Lee Salem	900 14,100	14,100

Tags: Lee Salem Brant Hale

06-21-2018 21:18 UTC-8

Chidwick Falls to Hennigan

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Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

With about 35,000 already piled up in the middle and all the draws completed, John Hennigan bet, and with less than a bet behind, Stephen Chidwick slid the rest of his stack in the middle. Hennigan tabled a and Chidwick mucked, departing from the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Hennigan	50,000 16,000	16,000

Stephen Chidwick	Busted

Tags: John Hennigan Stephen Chidwick

06-21-2018 21:11 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts

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Tim Duckworth

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Randy Ohel	145,000 90,000	90,000

Quek Sechariah Sheng	145,000 90,000	90,000
Shawn Buchanan	130,000 95,000	95,000

Mike Ross	115,000 50,000	50,000
Steven Tabb	90,000 45,000	45,000
Mark Gregorich	75,000 15,000	15,000
Lawrence Berg	70,000 45,000	45,000

Ronald Minnis	60,000 10,000	10,000
Anthony Hartmann	35,000 15,000	15,000
Jon Turner	33,000 20,000	20,000

Danny Noam	30,000 47,000	47,000
Michael McKenna	15,000 55,000	55,000

06-21-2018 20:59 UTC-8

Mueller Hits the Felt

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Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Greg Mueller	50,000

06-21-2018 20:55 UTC-8

Assorted Stack Updates

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Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Todd Brunson	88,000 15,000	15,000

Brian Hastings	75,000 2,000	2,000

Benny Glaser	71,000 28,000	28,000

Stuart Rutter	62,000 18,000	18,000
Michael Mizrachi	47,000 3,000	3,000

John Hennigan	34,000 63,000	63,000

Nicholas Seiken	31,000

Lee Salem	29,000 7,000	7,000
Scott Seiver	25,000 15,000	15,000

06-21-2018 20:54 UTC-8

Sheikhan Scoops with a Nine-Eight in Multiway Pot

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Tim Duckworth

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

From under the gun, Shawn Sheikhan raised to 4,000 and Hanh Tran three-bet next to act. Nikolai Yakovenko called in the small blind, as did Luke Schwartz in the big blind.

Sheikhan made it four bets to go, and Tran, Yakovenko and Schwartz all called. Yakovenko drew one, Schwartz drew three, Sheikhan drew one, and Tran drew two.

Sheikhan bet out 2,000 and his three opponents called. Yakovenko drew one, Schwartz drew two, Sheikhan drew one, and Tran drew two.

Action checked to Sheikhan again, and he bet out 4,000 as his three opponents called. Schwartz drew two, while the other three players all drew one.

Sheikhan bet one more time, and Tran called while Yakovenko and Schwartz folded.

Sheikhan fanned his , and Tran mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hanh Tran	88,000 16,000	16,000

Shawn Sheikhan	66,000 21,000	21,000
Nikolai Yakovenko	65,000 41,000	41,000
Vanessa Selbst	55,000 29,000	29,000

Luke Schwartz	50,000 25,000	25,000